Summary about Albania

The Republic of Albania lies on the west of the Balkan peninsula and on the east coasts of the Adriatic and loanian seas. Its length north-south is 340 km, and the width east-west is 148 km.

To the north and east it is bounded, by Republic of Black Mountain (Montenegro), of Kosovo and Ex Republic Yugoslavia of Macedonia, to the southeast it is bounded by Republic of Greece. Albania has an area of 28748 km2.

The Republic of Albania has an important position at the Balkan peninsula, It is into the crossroads between east and west and it has a big coast (316 km) into both seas of Mediterranean, that had been the cradle of the boom and the prosperity of the ancient civilization. Albania is at the shortest distance between Apennine peninsula and Balkan peninsula, in its territory it founds some valleys than for their measurements they are unique in all west of the Balkan peninsula. These valleys that are very suitable for street building, connect Albania's coast with interior parti of country and peninsula. All this things have made that in Albanian territories to be a big prosperity of Illyrian ancient civilization. All these conditions and factors have made that Albanian territories in every time to be a passing zone and changes among people, cultures, political currents, economic, social and spiritual forces. Also others been a big theater of wars and conflicts, They have called Albania, the door of Adriatic sea. But for a wonder of every one with all influence of customs, language and cultures of other people since in antiquity from Roman and till in second world war with influence of Turkish and Slav people, Albania has preserve its autonomy and ethnographically, social and linguistic elements has won always, providing a continuity Illyrian-Albanian with its individual elements. The parceling out of this country have made that Albania to be maybe the only one that is bounded by Albanian territories and inhabited by Albanians. So Albanians are bounded by Albanians..